Staff Review Department Designs

The Project Office has been buzzing with activity during the past week as 26 Design Groups undertake a detailed review of the departmental designs proposed by the two Bidders. The review has been undertaken using the NHS Achieving Excellence in Design Evaluation Toolkit (AEDET).

The toolkit provides a detail framework for the evaluation of every aspect of a health care facility, from purely technical matters such as engineering systems, to the quality of the patient environment. There are ten key evaluation elements divided into 71 criteria and over 280 specific measures.

The members of the Design Groups have been drawn from every part of the local NHS and have included patients and carers. They have been using their own experiences and clinical knowledge to ascertain how well the two Bidders proposals meet the requirements set out in the tender documents.

This work will supplement the feedback received from the public during the design exhibitions held in November 2004. All the results are being collated ready for the final design scoring sessions in late January 2005.